† scouragen.1
Obsolete.
The act of scouting or skirmishing. to make or keep scourage.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > skirmish
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1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Pref. 1 To scarmyse als, and make sykyr scurage.
1520 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 43 It is ordred that Sir Griffythe Ryce, Sir William Bulmer, Sir Richard Tempest, with theyre cumpanyes, shall make scurrage that day for discoueryng the cuntrey for the kings suertie.
1557 Ld. Warton in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. 266 Our Men..upon their Retyre followed them with Scowerage towards Tividale.
1560 in J. Scott Berwick-upon-Tweed (1888) 448 Yf any soldiers of the garrison be appointed to keep scourage.
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 108 He is to appoynt which bands of Horse shall go to the watch or scouradge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
scouragen.2
rare.
Material for scouring; ‘refuse water after cleansing or scouring’ (Ogilvie, 1882).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > material for scouring
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a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) Pref. sig. E3v The sope, niter and scouridge, that the Iesuites are able eyther to beg, to borrow, to steale, or otherwise to come by: are not able to cleanse the vulgar translation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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